Dell PowerEdge R7525 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge R7525 is an enterprise 2U rack server powered by 2 AMD EPYC 7002 and 7003 Series Processors (up to 2x 64 cores, 280W cTDP) and 32 memory slots supporting up to 4096GB DDR4-3200 RDIMM / LRDIMM. The ThinkSystem SR665 was Lenovo's 2U dual-socket enterprise workhorse server built on AMD EPYC 7002 (Rome) and 7003 (Milan) Series processors.
| Dell PowerEdge R7525 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Feb 2020 | May 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | 2 |
| Cpu platform | AMD EPYC 7002 and 7003 Series Processors (up to 2x 64 cores, 280W cTDP) | Dual AMD EPYC 7002 (Rome) and 7003 (Milan) Series processors up to 64 cores per socket and 280W TDP |
| Memory slots | 32 | 32 |
| Memory type | DDR4-3200 RDIMM / LRDIMM | DDR4-3200 RDIMM / 3DS RDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | 4,096 | 8,192 |
| Drive bays | Up to 24x 2.5-inch NVMe/SAS/SATA or 12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drives | Up to 40x 2.5-inch SFF or 20x 3.5-inch LFF hot-swap bays; up to 32x direct NVMe PCIe 4.0 drives |
| Pcie slots | Up to 8 PCIe Gen4 slots | Up to 8 PCIe 4.0 slots plus 1 OCP 3.0 slot and internal storage slot |
| Gpu support | Up to 3x 300W double-wide or 6x 75W single-wide GPUs | Up to 3 double-wide 300W GPUs or 8 single-wide GPUs |
| Network onboard | 2x 1GbE LOM ports; OCP 3.0 mezzanine; 1x 1GbE iDRAC port | OCP 3.0 slot plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 800W, 1100W, 1400W, 2000W or 2400W | Dual redundant 750W / 1100W / 1800W / 2400W AC 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium PSUs |
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